A report from CBS this week revealed the working conditions of tens of thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who work in mines to extract the cobalt needed for lithium batteries.

A recent Bloomberg article has brought to light a harsh reality, the demand for electric vehicles (EVs) is increasing child labor rates in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): The appetite for electric cars is driving a boom in small-scale cobalt production in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where some mines have been found to […]

A new coalition of groups in Arizona is seeking to force utilities in the state to generate more power from renewable energy beyond the 15 percent the state currently requires, according to a new report this week.

Legislative leaders in both the Oregon House of Representatives and Oregon Senate cast doubt on whether a proposed carbon tax bill could pass in either legislative body this year, according to the Portland Tribune.

A CBS Los Angeles investigation has uncovered that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) are reluctant to use the electric vehicles the department leases as part of a splashy effort to supposedly “go green”:

Did responses to Question 1 (whether respondents would consider purchasing an electric car) vary by age? As stated earlier, the overall response to question 1 was overwhelmingly negative by about two to one. When broken down by age group, each age group also rejected electric cars by a comparable margin. In the three older age groups, the percentage was slightly over 70%; in the three younger age groups (including Millennials), the percentage was slightly smaller, about 69%. This is still a significant result because the margin of error is a fraction of one percentage point. These results are illustrated in the following chart

Overall by “at least two to one, respondents in all age groups” stated they would not purchase a electric car:

Respondents were asked if they would consider purchasing an electric car over a comparably priced gasoline-powered vehicle. By at least two to one, respondents in all age groups stated that they would not. The percentages varied slightly by age group.

Understanding and appealing to millennials have long been the focus for automakers. Making this recent reality check potentially huge problem for electric automakers like Tesla that are not diversified.